Results 1-20 of 39 for nama speaker:Paddy Burke

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: NAMA took over institutions. What did it do with safe deposit boxes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Paddy Burke: So we did not have a situation where, when NAMA sold the loans or properties, or the banks themselves were taken over and sold on, the safe deposit boxes then became property of the bank. That would not have happened, would it?

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Paddy Burke: .... I wish him well with this Bill. I have mixed feelings about it. We have a lot of State control in the country. Too much State control, in my view, is not a good thing. We have seen where NAMA failed miserably. It was the biggest land development agency in the world and it failed to deliver housing in this country. The whole NAMA situation is shameful. When it was set up, the late...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (10 May 2018)

Paddy Burke: When NAMA was being set up in 2010, the then Minister for Finance, the late Brian Lenihan, said that there would still be a need for 25,000 houses per annum. The Central Bank has all of the information at its disposal, in terms of the wages people are earning, rates of unemployment and so on. What recommendations did the Central Bank make to the Government? It has laid a lot of blame on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Paddy Burke: There is a housing crisis in this country and five Irish developers have taken a case to the Commission with regard to what they believe is unfair competition with the bad State bank called NAMA. The case has been with the Commission for almost a year and a half. Will the Commissioner tell us when the case might be decided? Will she prioritise it as it could have an effect in dealing with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business and Banking: Discussion. (26 Jan 2017)

Paddy Burke: Could the customer get an alternative valuation? That happened in some NAMA cases when the clients got agreement on who carried out the valuations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Secretary General and his staff. I have a few brief questions and will continue on from Senator Horkan's points on NAMA. Mr. Moran stated that NAMA could nearly do what it likes. There are quite a number of cases where litigation is taking place. Is it true that the Department of Finance is included in the litigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

Paddy Burke: Consequently, the Department has a role to play with NAMA. The Minister for Finance has full say over NAMA. That was in the NAMA Act that was brought forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance (19 Jan 2017)

Paddy Burke: Do other bodies such as the Revenue Commissioners or NAMA have any involvement on the executive committee?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paddy Burke: ...developers and builders have lost confidence. The ones who got into trouble lost their properties and their homes. The vast majority lost everything. The vast majority of their properties are in NAMA or with vulture funds or the banks. The ones who were lucky enough to escape and who may have sites have no confidence to recommence building. I met five builders who told me that, in...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (26 Mar 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...notice from Senator Fidelma Healy Eames of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to ensure the examinership process under way with Elverys Sports and NAMA as the primary creditor has, as its main priority, the retention of all 700 jobs. I have also received notice from Senator John Whelan of the following matter:The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (21 Jan 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...Patrick's Day festival in the United States of America.I have also received notice from Senator Paul Bradford of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Finance to assure the House that NAMA developers will not be allowed to buy back their loans at a discount.I have also received notice from Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh of the following matter:The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (19 Dec 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...functions in the best interests of the taxpayer and, in particular, to investigate the recent revelations that a number of employees are providing confidential information to potential purchasers of NAMA properties. I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion on the Adjournment and they will be taken at the conclusion of business.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Paddy Burke: Senator Darragh O'Brien has moved an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a debate with the Minister for Finance on the oversight of NAMA and the interaction of senior officials in his Department with NAMA and the leaking of confidential information to preferred bidders be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)

Paddy Burke: Senator Darragh O'Brien has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a debate with the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Justice and Equality on the operation of NAMA and to clarify whether the Garda Commissioner has been asked to investigate allegations of corruption or impropriety in that agency be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Jun 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...from Senator Lorraine Higgins that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: In light of the recent revelations of a former employee of NAMA (details supplied), the need for the Minister for Finance to refer matters to the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, if appropriate, in the interests of transparency and...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...nuair atá duine ag déanamh iarratais ar charta leighis.I have also received notice from Senator Lorraine Higgins of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Finance to outline the protocols or contract stipulations, if any, that are in place to stop NAMA employees moving into the private sector immediately following their employment with the agency.I have also received...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (8 May 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...the public.I have also received notice from Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh of the following matter:A fhiafraí den Aire Dlí, Cosanta agus Comhionannas cé mhéad sealúchas atá á bhainistiú ag NAMA faoi láthair a bhíonn in úsáid mar ionad lóistín d'iarrthóirí tearmainn faoin gcóras soláthair...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Sep 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...: The need for the Minister for Finance to note the distress of the living conditions of the sole two families living in a ghost estate known as Carlinn Hall, Dundalk, which is under the control of NAMA, including living with sewers that are not connected and a heating system which frequently breaks down, and the steps that can be made to improve living conditions for these residents.I...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2011)

Paddy Burke: Senator Mark Daly proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That No. 11, the NAMA and Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Transparency Bill 2011, be taken before No. 1 today." However, his amendment was not seconded during the debate and consequently falls.